Influence of patch and landscape characteristics on the distribution of the subterranean rodent Ctenomys porteousi

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 723-733

  Mapelli, Fernando J ^a   Kittlein, Marcelo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Ctenomys porteousi; Habitat fragmentation; Patch occupancy; Sand dune habitat; Subterranean rodents

Indexed keywords

APPLIED SCIENCE; DUNE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HERBIVORE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RODENT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION COVER;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CTENOMYS PORTEOUSI; RODENTIA;

EID: 70349451935     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-009-9352-x     Document Type: Article

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